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Refugee Olympic Team To Send Message Of Hope At Paris Games
Friday, 3 May 2024, 5:09 am | UN News
The 36 athletes were announced on Thursday by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, during a live-streamed ceremony from Lausanne, Switzerland. They come from 11 countries and will compete across 12 sports at the ... More >>
Palestine’s Economy In Ruins, As Gaza War Sets Development Back Two Decades
Friday, 3 May 2024, 4:57 am | UN News
The relentless Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip has set back Palestine’s overall socio-economic development by more than 20 years, according to a new UN report released on Thursday. More >>
World News : UN Supporting East Africa Flood Victims, Dozens More Migrant Deaths At Sea, Disinformation In Myanmar
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 12:04 pm | UN News
The UN and humanitarian partners have provided emergency support for over 124,000 people in Kenya, where heavy rains continue to cause chaos, as the UN chief extended his condolences to countries across the region where hundreds of lives have been ... More >>
Europe: Report Highlights Direct Link Between Pandemic And Childhood Obesity
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 11:45 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased obesity in school-aged children in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) office for the region said in a new report issued on Wednesday, sounding the alarm for action. More >>
Palestine: General Assembly Discusses Failed UN Membership Bid
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 11:32 am | UN News
Palestine’s recent attempt to become a full member of the United Nations was the focus of discussion in the General Assembly on Wednesday. More >>
Gazans On Tenterhooks Awaiting News Of Ceasefire Call
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 4:44 am | UN News
Amid growing international calls for restraint from Israel in Gaza and reports on Wednesday of further deadly strikes overnight, UN humanitarians underscored the ongoing devastating impact of the war and the need to ensure reliable aid supply lines to ... More >>
Gaza Destruction Impossible To Even Process, UN Humanitarian Says
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 12:04 pm | UN News
After nearly seven months of war in Gaza, nowhere is safe, people are scared, and everyone is hanging on to hopes of a ceasefire. More >>
Security Council Hears Of Progress In Bosnia Despite ‘worrying’ Trend Of Genocide Denial
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 11:50 am | UN News
Both positive and “worrying” developments have recently unfolded in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a top UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday at an emergency meeting requested by Russia. More >>
DR Congo Conflict Could Spell Catastrophe, Plastics Treaty Progress, Enforced Disappearances Rise Ahead Venezuela Poll
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 9:21 am | UN News
The world’s leading humanitarian action forum on Tuesday said that crushing levels of violence and displacement are fuelling unprecedented civilian suffering in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
UN Official Urges South Sudan To Lift Taxes Halting Aid
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:30 am | UN News
The UN’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan has urged the government to lift newly imposed taxes and charges that are causing aid deliveries to be suspended, affecting tens of thousands of people. More >>
Children’s Shoes Left Behind Illustrate Chaos Of Fleeing Khan Younis: UN Humanitarians
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:28 am | UN News
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reached one of its now-abandoned schools in Khan Younis at the weekend, where thousands of people appeared to have left at a moment’s notice, fearing further intense Israeli bombardment. More >>
Gaza At ‘Most Dangerous’ Stage Amid Huge Unexploded Weapons Risk, Warns Demining Expert
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:24 am | UN News
The head of UN peacekeeping and demining reiterated calls on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza as a first step to returning the war-ravaged enclave to some normality, while mine clearance experts warned that the Strip is now at its “most dangerous period”. More >>
UN Officials Urge Swift Action To Tackle El Niño-induced Extreme Weather
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:22 am | UN News
Top UN officials called on Monday for swift action to combat the El Niño extreme weather events that are currently devastating southern Africa and other regions with flooding and drought. More >>
World News In Brief: Violence Blocking Darfur Aid, New Iraq Law, Chad Elections Appeal
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:17 am | UN News
Rising violence is again restricting humanitarian aid delivery in the Darfur region of Sudan, the head of the World Food Programme said on Monday. More >>
UN Reviews Progress And Challenges 30 Years After Landmark Population Conference
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6:15 am | UN News
Global progress towards sustainable development will continue to stall unless countries do more to bridge the gender gap and reduce poverty and inequality, the President of the General Assembly said on Monday. More >>
‘Extraordinary, Deep Anxiety’ In Gaza Over Feared Rafah Attack
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:44 am | UN News
Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah amid a growing number of strikes there, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday. More >>
Guterres Calls On Israel And Hamas To End Gaza War
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:32 am | UN News
With the situation in Gaza “worsening by the day”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders currently taking part in intense negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement. More >>
Gaza Protests: UN Rights Chief Flags ‘disproportionate’ Police Action On US Campuses
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 4:15 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by “a series of heavy-handed steps” taken by some universities in the United States to disperse and dismantle Gaza war protests. More >>
UN Expresses Solidarity With Kenya Following Deadly Floods
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 8:50 am | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the UN’s continued commitment to Kenya in the wake of deadly floods caused by weeks of heavy rains that continue to affect the region. More >>
Ukraine: Civilians Killed And Injured As Attacks On Power And Rail Systems Intensify
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:13 am | UN News
An increase in civilian casualties caused by intensifying attacks from the Russian armed forces against Ukraine’s electric power infrastructure and railway system calls for concern, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said ... More >>
